24 NOVEMBER 1944, Page 14

GUNS OF METZ

Sta,—In turning over the pages of my 1914 diary I found pasted in a cutting from The Spectator which reads, " Guns of Metz ":

" Guns of Verdun point to Metz From the plated parapets ; Guns of Metz grin back again O'er the fields of fair Lorraine.

Guns of Metz to Verdun roar Sisters, you shall foot the score' ; Guns of Verdun say to Metz ' Fear not, for we pay our debts.'

Guns of Metz they grumble ' When? '

Guns of Verdun answer then Sisters, when to guard Lorraine Gunners lay you East again! '

History repeats itself !—Yours faithfully, OSWALD FREWEN.

Historical Section, Admiralty, S.W. 1.